Giuliani, Quinn Trade Shots Over NYPD Monitor

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at funeral services for Ed Koch in February.

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani denounced the proposal to create an inspector general for the New York Police Department, accusing City Council Speaker Christine Quinn of supporting the measure for political reasons as she runs for mayor.

But Quinn immediately shot back through her spokesman, charging the former mayor with hypocrisy and arguing that Giuliani had endorsed the creation of an outside monitor for NYPD during his 1993 mayoral campaign. At the time, Quinn’s spokesman noted, he publicly discussed placing a monitor within the city’s Department of Investigation, making the provision similar to the inspector general embraced by Quinn.

This new public tangle between Giuliani and Quinn underscores the strong passions surrounding the proposal and adds a historical dimension to the ongoing debate. Two decades after the issue surfaced in Giuliani’s election bid, the push to establish an outside NYPD monitor has returned to the forefront of mayoral politics.

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